Martin Luther King Jr.

Birmingham radio icon Shelly “The Playboy” Stewart is among the inductees for the national Radio Hall of Fame. The Alabama broadcaster’s contributions to the civil rights movement in the 1960’s were chronicled by Alabama Public Radio in its international award winning documentary “Civil Rights Radio.” Stewart is credited with using his radio program to signal the start of the so called “children’s march” where teenagers marched to protest unfair employment treatment of their parents.

Civil rights attorney Fred Gray might become the new namesake of a street in Montgomery.Mayor Steven Reed wants to change the name of West Jeff Davis…

The state of Alabama has a rich and painful history when it comes to the civil rights movement. Researchers recently uncovered new evidence about a…

Wednesday, April 4 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior’s assassination. For the past month, the Alabama Public Radio news…

Today is Confederate Memorial Day. Many across the South will recognize Confederate soldiers who fell during the Civil War. It’s one of three of these…

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, said worries of difficult days ahead should be a call for action,…

Dabney Montgomery, who served with the all-black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and marched with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 93.His wife,…

The industry group Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated named Alabama Public Radio the winner of two first place “PRNDI” awards. These prestigious…

Many of Alabama’s senior citizens that qualify for food and medical assistance don’t receive those benefits because they haven’t signed up for the…

The companies behind the movie "Selma" say principal photography has begun and the movie is being shot in Atlanta and in Selma and Montgomery in…